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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Navy's Blue Angels Key West Show Might Be Last For A While - CBS Local | Also scheduled are civilian aerobatic exhibitions including wing-walkers, sailplane acrobatics, a helicopter that flies upside-down and a tribute to late Key West aerobatic pilot Fred Cabanas. Gates are to open at 9 a.m. Sunday. The show is to begin at ...

Ti-Co air show off to roaring start - Florida Today | Last weekend to see USAF Thunderbirds soar at TiCo...: The headlining USAF Thunderbirds will make their first and last scheduled appearance at the 36th annual Tico Warbird Airshow. The Thunderbirds will be grounded after this weekend because of...

Air show returning for second year - messenger-inquirer | Ross told the City Commission earlier this week that a World War II vintage P-51 fighter will take part in the second annual air show along the city's riverfront, along with a Japanese Zero fighter. A husband-and-wife skywriting team will perform, and ...

WWII 'Bloody Hundredth' pilot back in B-17 - ArmyTimes.com | Part of the 8th Air Force based in England, the group flew the iconic B-17 Flying Fortresses on bombing missions over Germany and France. At that point in the war, there may have been no more dangerous assignment than to be one of the 10 men in the ...

New 'nest' for warbirds - Minot Daily News | Military veterans from World War II to those presently serving will be honored this July 4 when the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot holds the dedication of its new Flying Legends Wing. Warren Pietsch, pilot and air museum board member, who also is ...

F-102 and F-106 Flight Testing from The Lexicans by themavf14d | Convair’s delta-winged interceptors, the F-102 Delta Dagger and F-106 Delta Dart are icons of the Cold War. Both aircraft had generally the same configuration but the Delta Dart was a more refined design.

"The Unsung Hero's Lament" from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | I'm conducting some pretty extensive research into strategic bombing before and during World War II, in preparation for a prospective series of Weekend Wings articles. As part of that research, I've been reading several older books on the aircraft designed for strategic bombing, and how they were employed....

Former astronaut joins Indy children's museum - WISH | The museum announced Thursday that Dr. David Wolf is becoming its first extraordinary scientist-in-residence. Besides flying on the space shuttle, Wolf is a physician, electrical engineer, and inventor who has received 17 U.S. patents and published ...